Orlando leaves Adam, near starvation, under a tree and goes off determined to find food.
Enter Orlando and Adam.
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Dear master, I can go no further. O, I die for 0942food. Here lie I down and measure out my grave. 0943Farewell, kind master.⌜He lies down.⌝ ORLANDO0944
Why, how now, Adam? No greater heart in 09455thee? Live a little, comfort a little, cheer thyself a 0946little. If this uncouth forest yield anything savage, I 0947will either be food for it or bring it for food to thee. 0948Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my 0949sake, be comfortable. Hold death awhile at the 095010arm’s end. I will here be with thee presently, and if 0951I bring thee not something to eat, I will give thee 0952leave to die. But if thou diest before I come, thou art
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0953a mocker of my labor. Well said. Thou look’st 0954cheerly, and I’ll be with thee quickly. Yet thou liest 095515in the bleak air. Come, I will bear thee to some 0956shelter, and thou shalt not die for lack of a dinner if 0957there live anything in this desert. Cheerly, good 0958Adam. They exit.